Citizen Science: Manager’s Report
Acadia National Park
07 August 2023 - 13 August 2023

Introduction

Welcome to the weekly report of iNaturalist and eBird records. These are all observations submitted from 07 August 2023 to 13 August 2023 for the species that Acadia National Park managers have identified as being of particular interest.

These data for this report comes from open source citizen science projects: iNaturalist and eBird. The records here are both casual and research grade observations, so erroneous identifications are possible.

Pest & Invasive Species

A Hemlock tree infested with Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
© Jesse Wheeler
scientific.name common.name user observed.on link
Frangula alnus alder buckthorn shannonob 2023-08-08 view observation
Solanum dulcamara bittersweet nightshade treefrogjodi 2023-08-10 view observation
Euproctis chrysorrhoea brown-tail moth eogren 2023-08-07 view observation
Rosa rugosa rugosa rose dmbed 2023-08-09 view observation

Threatened & Endangered Species

Two Red Knots in flight
© Fyn Kynd
scientific.name common.name listing.status observed.on link
Sterna paradisaea arctic tern state threatened 2023-08-09 view observation
Sterna paradisaea arctic tern state threatened 2023-08-11 view observation
Falco peregrinus peregrine falcon state endangered 2023-08-07 view observation
Falco peregrinus peregrine falcon state endangered 2023-08-12 view observation

Rare Species

A flowering Nodding Trillium
© Andy Fyon
scientific.name common.name observed.on link
Lotus corniculatus bird’s-foot trefoil 2023-08-07 view observation
Epipactis helleborine broad-leafed helleborine 2023-08-11 view observation
Epipactis helleborine broad-leafed helleborine 2023-08-13 view observation
Asclepias syriaca common milkweed 2023-08-09 view observation
Danaus plexippus monarch 2023-08-07 view observation
Danaus plexippus monarch 2023-08-10 view observation

New Park Species

A something
© Kyle Lima

There were no new species to the park reported this week.

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Background art of Acadia National Park © Ben Tero.

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Data Citations:
iNaturalist. Available from https://www.inaturalist.org. Accessed [2023-08-14].

eBird. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: Date [ 2023-08-14 ]).

GBIF.org (14 February 2023) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.pqwpft

GBIF.org (14 February 2023) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.hhz84h

Michonneau F, Collins M, Chamberlain SA (2023). ridigbio: An interface to iDigBio’s search API that allows downloading specimen records. R package https://github.com/iDigBio/ridigbio

SCAN. 2023. http//:scan-bugs.org/portal/index.php. Accessed on February 14.